CHAPTER 241

An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-6 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to corporate names.
[H 779]

Approved March 138, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. f That § 13.1-6 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 13.1-6. Corporate name.—The corporate name:

(a) Shall contain the word “corporation”, “company”, “incorpo-
rated” or “limited”, or shall contain * the abbreviation * “Corp.”, “Co.”,
“Ine.”, or “Ltd.” Such words and their corresponding abbreviations may
be used interchangeably for all purposes.

(b) Shall not contain any word or phrase which is prohibited by
law for such corporation or which indicates or implies that it is organized
for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in
its articles of incorporation.

(c) Shall not be the same as, or confusingly similar to, the name of
any corporation, whether issuing shares or not issuing shares, existing
under the laws of this State or any foreign corporation, whether issuing
shares or not issuing shares, authorized to transact business in this
State, or a name the exclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in
the manner provided in this act, or the name of a corporation which
has in effect a registration of its corporate name as provided in this
act.